"That's right," said Cullis. "It was late when I left, and I turned it in on my way out."
Teal jerked his thumb at the commissioner's desk.
"Take a look," he said.
The folder was there, with its neat label. Cullis opened it and was moved to a profane exclamation.
The first thing that met his eye was a sheet of paper bearing a sketch like many others that he had seen before, and one line of writing:
With compliments and thanks.
Under the note was a blank sheet of paper. Under the blank sheet the third was also blank. There were twenty-seven blank sheets altogether — he counted them.
"When was this discovered?"
"About an hour ago," said Teal. "I sent down for the file myself to look something up. You'll find that every sheet relating to the original Trelawney affair has been taken. The rest has been left, and the bulk made up with those blank sheets."
"But it's impossible!" snapped Cullis.